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Apparently it exists. It has a good name, but I have no idea what it is, or what it means. Is this something that will change the world forever or is it just the fact that the Guardian has reported on it every day for the last year or whatever?

I think that the essential thing is that if they can prove that it exists, then it would go quite a way to explaining how matter has a mass. Essentially this is quite a big hole in our knowledge of how matter is comprised (atoms & molecules etc).

If they don't find it, then it could be that a certain amount of this understanding is incorrect.

if only physics-y things like radiation were used to treat cancer.
Or millions of pounds of research had gone in to pointless nuclear fission and fusion research.
All these people wasting time on physics when they could be solving problems.